title: When doctors sell medications....
abstract: In many traditional communities physicians do not charge for a consultation. Instead they sell medications to the patient. The incentives built into this mode of payment are contrary to a rational use of drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kapil
mesh_terms: D005251:Fees, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010820:Physicians; D011306:Prescription Fees; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics